Comparison between MOV and FLV

MOV was originally developed by Apple as a file format for its QuickTime movie player. The MOV format presented a lot of advantages that are quite usable to everyday use but the proprietary nature of the MOV format was a major hindrance.

FLV is is a container file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player versions 6–10,The format has quickly established itself as the format of choice for embedded video on the web.

Summary:

1. Both MOV and MPG are lossy formats which sacrifices quality for file size

2. MOV was initially developed by Apple as a file format for QuickTime

3. MOV is the basis for the development of MPG

4. FLV delivers video over the Internet and has more widespread on the web support than MOV

5. Saving your file to either MOV or FLV would result in the same video if you use the same codec

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